Thanks to James G. Batterson, founder of The Travelers Insurance Company, for being the first to offer travel insurance in the USA on April 1, 1864. What started with 2 cents has grown to well over 1 billion dollars. Thank you for your foresight and for the sound insurance principles that you established.

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Thailand is offering travel insurance to visiting tourists due to medical expenses or travel delay due to the ongoing political tensions that are going on there. It definitely not a comprehensive plan by any means, see the article for more details on the coverage. If you are traveling to Thailand anytime soon you should definitely [...]

The latest update on Swine Flu (H1N1) and travel insurance. On June 11, 2009 the World Health Organization (WHO) upgraded their alert level for the H1N1 virus to Phase 6. This was significant because raising the alert level to Phase 6 indicated that they now consider the H1N1 virus (Swine Flu) to [...]

We’ve heard that question time and again. Should I buy the travel insurance offered by the tour operator or cruise line? Most consumer advocates tell you not to, but why do they?
Here is a case right on point! Just a little while ago a tour operator from Worcester, MA by the name [...]

Unfortunately, there has been some misinformation in print and on the net during the past couple of days that claims “for most travel insurers, April 24 was the date the swine flu outbreak became what the industry calls a “foreseen” or “known event” because of widespread media attention” and therefore coverage would not apply for [...]